Chapter 10 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport. She was then at Lenox. It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun. The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart. Never before had she given that to anyone.
Chapter 10 of The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Never before had she given that to anyone.”
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.”
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.”
past form of “deepen” — make more intense, stronger, or more marked
From this reading “The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.”
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading “A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.”
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading “It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.”
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading “A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
any person at all
From this reading Never before had she given that to anyone.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was then at Lenox.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had she given that to anyone.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
past form of “deepen” — make more intense, stronger, or more marked
From this reading The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Never before had she given that to anyone.
destroyed or killed
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was then at Lenox.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never before had she given that to anyone.
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was then at Lenox.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The interest had so deepened that she gave him her heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She was then at Lenox.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It was there the previous autumn that her interest in Annandale had begun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never before had she given that to anyone.
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading A VICTIM Sylvia had gone from Newport.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was then at Lenox.
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